''Paratriacanthodes'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
spikefish
The spikefishes (family Triacanthodidae) are ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes. They live in deep waters; more than , but above the continental shelves. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean
The Indian ...
es found in the
Indian and
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
s.
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:
[Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.'']
* ''
Paratriacanthodes abei''
J. C. Tyler, 1997
* ''
Paratriacanthodes herrei''
G. S. Myers, 1934
* ''
Paratriacanthodes retrospinis''
Fowler, 1934 (Sawspine spikefish)
References
Tetraodontiformes
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
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